diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52995a6..26d64e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { SpotifyApi } from '@sspenst/spotify-web-api';
 
 // Choose one of the following:
 const sdk = SpotifyApi.withUserAuthorization("client-id", "http://127.0.0.1:3000", ["scope1", "scope2"]);
-const sdk = SpotifyApi.withClientCredentials("client-id", "secret", ["scope1", "scope2"]);
+const sdk = SpotifyApi.withClientCredentials("client-id", "secret");
 ```
 
 Each of these factory methods will return a `SpotifyApi` instance, which you can use to make requests to the Spotify Web API.
diff --git a/example_node/package-lock.json b/example_node/package-lock.json
index bd15fe2..2f68511 100644
--- a/example_node/package-lock.json
+++ b/example_node/package-lock.json
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "dotenv": "^16.6.1"
+        "dotenv": "^17.2.3"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/dotenv": {
-      "version": "16.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uBq4egWHTcTt33a72vpSG0z3HnPuIl6NqYcTrKEg2azoEyl2hpW0zqlxysq2pK9HlDIHyHyakeYaYnSAwd8bow==",
+      "version": "17.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-17.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JVUnt+DUIzu87TABbhPmNfVdBDt18BLOWjMUFJMSi/Qqg7NTYtabbvSNJGOJ7afbRuv9D/lngizHtP7QyLQ+9w==",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
diff --git a/example_node/package.json b/example_node/package.json
index c9397c0..8efa2cc 100644
--- a/example_node/package.json
+++ b/example_node/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "dotenv": "^16.6.1"
+    "dotenv": "^17.2.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/SpotifyApi.test.ts b/src/SpotifyApi.test.ts
index 023fc2e..7770294 100644
--- a/src/SpotifyApi.test.ts
+++ b/src/SpotifyApi.test.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe("SpotifyAPI Instance", () => {
         });
 
         it("can create an instance with the client credentials strategy configured", async () => {
-            const sut = SpotifyApi.withClientCredentials("client-id", "secret", ["scope1", "scope2"]);
+            const sut = SpotifyApi.withClientCredentials("client-id", "secret");
             expect(sut["authenticationStrategy"].constructor.name).toBe(ClientCredentialsStrategy.name);
         });
 
diff --git a/src/SpotifyApi.ts b/src/SpotifyApi.ts
index d5eaf44..14f59fa 100644
--- a/src/SpotifyApi.ts
+++ b/src/SpotifyApi.ts
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ export class SpotifyApi {
         return new SpotifyApi(strategy, config);
     }
 
-    public static withClientCredentials(clientId: string, clientSecret: string, scopes: string[] = [], config?: SdkOptions): SpotifyApi {
-        const strategy = new ClientCredentialsStrategy(clientId, clientSecret, scopes);
+    public static withClientCredentials(clientId: string, clientSecret: string, config?: SdkOptions): SpotifyApi {
+        const strategy = new ClientCredentialsStrategy(clientId, clientSecret);
         return new SpotifyApi(strategy, config);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/auth/ClientCredentialsStrategy.ts b/src/auth/ClientCredentialsStrategy.ts
index 414e049..47ea2be 100644
--- a/src/auth/ClientCredentialsStrategy.ts
+++ b/src/auth/ClientCredentialsStrategy.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export default class ClientCredentialsStrategy implements IAuthStrategy {
     constructor(
         private clientId: string,
         private clientSecret: string,
-        private scopes: string[] = []
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -45,12 +44,6 @@ export default class ClientCredentialsStrategy implements IAuthStrategy {
     }
 
     private async getTokenFromApi(): Promise<AccessToken> {
-        const options = {
-            grant_type: 'client_credentials',
-            scope: this.scopes.join(' ')
-        } as any;
-
-        const bodyAsString = Object.keys(options).map(key => key + '=' + options[key]).join('&');
         const hasBuffer = typeof Buffer !== 'undefined';
         const credentials = `${this.clientId}:${this.clientSecret}`;
 
@@ -64,7 +57,7 @@ export default class ClientCredentialsStrategy implements IAuthStrategy {
                 "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
                 "Authorization": `Basic ${basicAuth}`
             },
-            body: bodyAsString
+            body: "grant_type=client_credentials"
         });
 
         if (result.status !== 200) {